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as, an accretion of earth. A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by accretion. Owen. To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later accretion. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth. Glanvill.

To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- Ac*crim`i*na"tion, n. [Obs.]

To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. [Obs.]

To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser.

To recline, as at table. [Obs.] Bailey.

To encumber. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. Accumulation of energy or power, the storing of energy by means of weights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored. -- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the ru…

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ly, adv. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ness, n.

ccurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and acc…

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.

To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. And the city shall be accursed. Josh. vi. 17. Thro' you, my life will be accurst. Tennyson.

Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. Shak. -- Ac*curs"ed*ly, adv. -- Ac*curs"ed*ness, n.

Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.

or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.

Pertaining to the accusative case.

Producing accusations; accusatory. "This hath been a very accusative age." Sir E. Dering.

In relation to the accusative case in grammar.

Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote.